A car crash led to years of living with a powerful phobia, writes Sharon Stephenson.

Asking each other for help could be the key to a better New Zealand, says Jimi Hunt, founder of depression charity Live More Awesome.

Hangovers don't just induce nausea, a thumping headache and a dry mouth, they make you stupid too, according to new research.

Health experts say that knowing your body's clock can help you synchronise your daily activities for optimal health.

Looking back last week at the whole of our lives from the perspective of our older selves is valuable as it connects us to our spiritual fuel and our values.

I really hope Kate Middleton doesn't suffer from post-natal depression, writes Deborah Hill Cone.

Funding for talk therapy is drying up just as increasing numbers of Kiwis are feeling comfortable talking about their problems.

Young Australian men are in crisis, with half feeling stressed and nearly one in 10 having thoughts about suicide, according to new research.

When we are creating a conscious programme of change and self-development in our lives it's helpful to look from two different perspectives.

A Waikato wellness retreat that has nurtured hundreds of earthquake-frazzled Christchurch residents back to health for free may have to close its doors.

I hope your vision for what you want for yourself is coming together! Over the coming weeks we are going to refine it and start subtly evolving it from dreams into goals.

When people have expressed concern about me climbing Kilimanjaro, going hot-air ballooning or even running marathons, my response has been the same.

Research has shown that with certain mental exercises you can learn to see that the glass of life is half full.

An Auckland man accused of killing his flatmate was legally insane at the time, according to two psychiatric reports.

Want to know something interesting? A spooky number of clients come to see me when they have a big birthday coming up.

A new generation of legal highs could be hitting shelves as early as this summer, despite a bill that puts the onus of safety on manufacturers.

Love, money and a rewarding hobby are the so-called keys to happiness.

A record number of defence staff last year sought psychological help as the country suffered its greatest combat loss since Vietnam.

Creating a delicious vision of the future is a really interesting, fun process; but some struggle to find the thing that is “their thing’’.

Mentally ill people will be moved off state-funded benefits and into work using private employment agencies who will earn hefty fees for the service.

A 22-year-old mental health patient has been arrested after a 21-year-old man was allegedly stabbed multiple times in Wellington today.

One in every eight patients admitted to an acute psychiatric unit had been using the synthetic cannabis K2, an audit published today has found.

The commanding officer of the New Zealand Army deployment on which Corporal Douglas Hughes committed suicide while in Afghanistan has defended the training of the unit before its went overseas in 2011.

Embattled US actor Nick Stahl has reportedly been placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold after he was hospitalised in Los Angeles.

Today is Autistic Pride Day. Some might ask, what is there to be proud of about being autistic? Surely autism is something no one in their right mind would want to have - or is it?